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ST. JUHNrBl HV. VT , miPAY. MAY n, 17.
The ltaUroad.
Portland votes $700,000 in aid of the En
terprise. At a meeting of the legal voters of the
city of Portland, lield on Tuesday last, it
was deci'lod by a majority of OG over the
necessary two-thirds on the popular vote,
to loan the credit of the city for STOO,
U00 each to the Portland and Ogdens
burg and Portland and Rochester roads,
on certain condiiions, regarding railroad
connections west. It was agreed to sub
init the qucstion of granting city aid to
these roads in one vote. We are in
lornu'd that ncarlyall theopposition that
appeared. really sprung froin opponents
of the Rochester road, agaiust which
Hrong j)rejudices existed.
It has now leen demonstrated that
Maine will do her part in carrying for
ward the great enterprise.
This amount of 8700,000, with indi
vidual subseriptions in Portland, and the
:tid of town aiong the valley of the Saco
liver, will, it is bclievcd, insure the
building of the road from Portland to
the trh of the White Mountains.
The Portland Press of Tuesday says :
It i.- to be hoped that the vote to-day
3u thi- city will echo among the hills of
the oM Green Mountain State for the
f ncountgement rather than the dicour
:.'emeiit of those who aie reaehing out
their hands towards the seaboard, and
:iking us to promotc our our own inter-c-ts
by joining hands with them."'
The result of the ote in Portland will
very greatly encourage the friends of the
projcct in this .-tate.
Let tlie towus along the line of the
Montpelier and St. Johnsbury and Essex
roads now act promptiy inpledging the
apportio'ied anioiints, and the trimk line
ci' railroad is secured, connccting Port
land dirully wth Ogden.-burg and the
L'reat lake?.
Tho last Montpelier Freeman, in
speakiiig of the progreis of the surveys
ot' the Montpelier and St. Johnsbury
railroad, and the action this town has
taken in lending its credit to the enter
prire, tays : :: This makea the contribu
tion of St. .lohn.-bury to both roads
boTo.UOO, uhich will be niade upSlUO.-
000 by private subscription. This is a
most liberal subscription, and proves that
town to be in earnest in this work.
Tlie committee appointed at the meet
ing held at Montpelier some weeks since,
jnet la-t Monday evening. Elcven of
the twenty only'were present. The eve
ning was occupied in a familiar talk
:ibout the road, Uen. Pitkin giving many
lacts respecting tlie progress made in the
sirvev. and the ieeling in Portland. The
committee adjourned to meet again as
soon as Mr. Lin-ley, the engineer, can be
l.ere to give his views about the feasi
l.ility of the road and its estiinated cost.
Montpelier is desired to contribute 8
('00 toward the enterprise."
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Loanlny the Vrcdit of a Town.
There are always some people in every
comuuinity who never sce any good in
anything like enterprise or progress ;
and had not some agitator introduced a
better uiode, they would at the present
day be seen scratching iu their grain,
as ctiiers did centurie? ago, with crooked
ticks. rather than with plows and har
rows, and the improved agaicultural im
plemcnts of the present time. They al
ways sce lion: in tlie way of any niove
:nuit a more adanc.d civilization may
Miggest.
Tliee men, when the subject of the
construction ofa railroad from Montpel
ier to Portlaim is under consideration,
and the propriety of aiding thc enter
prise !y towns loauing it their credit.
s-ee nothing but taxation ! taxation !
Jt becomes their theine from nioming till
night. And what is it to loan the credit
of a town ?
It is the same and nothing
morc than what men do eery day. And j by tiie ladies. The May number has the
these croakers do it too. It is easily il- usual varioty of fashion plates, miscella
lustrated : A man conceives a project neous reading?, etc. Published by L. A.
that, if carried out, would greatly en-1 Godey, Philadelphia, at $3 per year.
Eeetns greatly deiirable. It needs money
to execute it. Ile hn-ks in means, but
his credit is good. Ho uses it. If the
investmc'iu is one of ordinaiy prudence
this man i none the poorer. Ile has!,. t.
, , , . , . L. b. Lousul at Nnntes, contnbutes An
norrowcd upon his credit a certain sum, , ....
I Old City in Bnttany, and the Powers of
aim purcnaseu v.iiu ii ine sanie amouni
purcl
of property, or holds it in some other
form of securitv. "What taxation is there
in this
Apply this principle to thc plan pro
posed by tuwns along the line of the con
templated railroad, and see what is the
probable chance of burdensomo taxation.
A town issues its bonds or notes to the
road. and they tire used in payment to
contractors. &c, and receive as evidence
of its interest in the road, shares of its
stoek. or its bouds, in the same amount.
The town i- holdeu for the interest on its
indebtediiess. and the corporation is
holden to the town for its share of its
ivvenue. If the road should prove a
good one the income would cancel the
liability of the town for accrued interest.
There might be a liability of the town
for interest accruing in the process of its
construetion, unless, as it is sometimes
done, the cprporation allow interest, and
chargo it to construction account, in
which case the coqioration would be in-
lfctedotHctwn t0 thcextentor the
j interest paid by the town. Whenever the
I principal of the debt becomes due, the
town owns the property to pay it with.
Where then is the taxation ?
If any one thinks a railroad from
Portland over the "White Mountains
through Vermont, and extending by its
fecders tbroughoutjall the gTeat west for
freight and travel, (and it would not fail
to receive a vast amount of suminer
travel via Saratoga, Niagara Falls, &c.)
would not become a paying road, we
will not stop to argue the inatter with
him.
But we are mct with the declaration
tliat scarcely any New England roads
have paid the original stockholders. We
admit this to be true of some, but think
the day of such things is about ended.
Many who provided means for construct
ing some roads have been sharaefully
difranded of their property, we admit,
but so c'ear is the public condemnation
of such conduct, and the nianagers of
such roads, we hardly think there is at
the prc?ent day much danger of men of
like eharacter being placed in a position
to repcat any like nefarious practices.
We have no non-paying roads now, and
there is not much danger of any such be
ing built, or so managed as not to pay.
One thing however is true, that when
tiie railroads have been opened, the peo-
ple have been benefitted pecuniarily be-
yond their cost, and the true policy of
the people is to encourage the building
of railroads in all places where the pub
lic intcrests demaiul them for they make
buiiuess where there is none, and greatly
enlarge it when there is any.
"We have no sympathy with men who
oppose great public improvements. En
largement, strength and thrift should
rather be the aim of all who seek the
public welfare. Open Vermont and give
room for her sons and daughters to em
ploy their energies, rather than by an
opposite policy, drive them out of sight
of her areen hills.
Siate Coxvotio.v. The Republican
state committee met at Montpelier Wed
iRxlav, to arrangc for callinga state con
vcntion. It is understood it will be call
ed jis a deleL'ate convention.
Oin Next Govehxoi:. A corres
pondent, in noticing the newspaper arti-
cle which havo of late appeared respect-
iiiithe candidatc for our next Governor, ;
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wis hcs to say that he hears very iaora-'
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Oio mcniion maue oi u.e i.au.e ui nua. .
John W. Stewartof Middlebury, for that
otlice. I
Bkow.v UxivKKsm-. Tlie important
vacancy occnrring in Brown I'niversify.
bv thc' resignation of Rev. Dr. Sears. '
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has been luled bv the dection ot lev.
i
Martin B. Anderson, LL. I)., now
president of Rcchester University. Dr. !
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for-illo i.l!.-m li-ivn.rr itiwi;,.,! 'I'lipolinrv
tei , uie college, lu uig ituuiul meoiog j
T1 r ,, c'
at .Newton, for seven years a college pro-
fessor, for a time an editor. and havmg
held the ollice of president of that vigo-
rous voung Universitv of western New
York'since 1S.53, will bring not only i
, ... . .
lcarnincr, but a lanre abilitv and expen-l
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ence to the new post which he has been
clected. should he acccpt it. Y e hope,
I
that we mav soon hear that iie has ue-
cidod to do so.
Xew Fuulications.
The Baije or Bf.thi.ehem, published
by B. 15. Rtissell & Co., Boston, is a
beautitul cngraving from a painting of ,
the scene described in the second chapter
ot Luke. Price S"2. J. W. Simonds.
Burlington, is aaent for Vermont.
. I
Ihe NuHSEnv lor May is better than I
usual. Tlie large number of illustrations j
and the nice stories for the little ones, .
makes the Nuitcry a favorite at our
house. Publishei by John L. Shorey,
Boston, at SLSO per year.
The Cinnmi:N's IIouu is T. S. Ar
thur's magaziuc for the little ones, and a
capital one it is. It is well illustrated,
and like all of Mr. Arthur's works, is
bound to be popular. Published by T.
S. Arthur & Son, Philadelphia, at 1.
25 per year.
Gouly's L.voy's Book is read with
avidity at this season, to ascertain what
t is iroinir to be worn the comincr summer
iiouRs at iioiiE lor May contains
another of Dr. Bushnell's articles on the
"Moral Uscs of Dark Things," treating
in particular of Want and Wastc. Mar-
. , , .
Life is furnished by the author of the
1 Schonberg Cotta Family. Prof. Tyler
i writes about Jerusalem, and an Ameri
lcan lady liambles amoug the Italian
Hills. Gen. J. Grant "Wilson gives a
sketch of William of Orange, illustrated
with a portrait. Storra Clitfis continu
ed, and there are several other interest-
ing articles. Published by Charles
Scribner & Co., New York, at 8-A per
year.
HAitPEn's Magazise for May has
three illustrated articles, The Pictured
Rocks of Lake Superior, The Dodge
Club in Italy, and Personal Recollections
of the War. The Impending Checkmate
is a sugestiv and pretty poem with an
illustration, and there are four other
pieces of poetry, Last Days, Sugar Mak
ing, Tlie Pond, and Antipodes. There
is a biography of the great actress Eis
tori, and three or four pages are devoted
to a sketch of Disraeli, the English
Chancellor of the Exchequer, with a
portrait, no doubt faithfulf which shows
a very un-English, Jewish face. Tlie
stories of the number are Josephine, The
Virginians in Texas, (continued), At
Bay, and The Jim-Jims. Good Man
ners, and New Aspects of the American
Mind, with Easy Chair, Current Events
and the Drawer complete the number.
Published by Ilarper & Brothers, N, Y.,
at 4 per year.
Tiie liivEKSiDE M.vgazese for May
has a frontispiece by Stephens "As I
was going up Primrose Hill," and a car
toon by Nast illustrating the Origin of
Leap Frog. The number contains fifteen
papers, nearly all of them illustrated.
One by a new "contributor, Coast Life in
Newfoundland, commences a series which
will no doubt prove exceedingly inter
estin" and give much information about
a country of which most people know
almost nothing. Among the other in
teresting articles, are Ilaying Time,
Mons. Alphonse, by Vieux Jlbustache,
and The Funny Land of Pluck, that is, !
Holland. Published by Hurd & Hough-!
ton, New York, at $-.50 per year.
From the l'crtland lYe.e, Aprfl 25.
The Shortest Itoute to the West.
It has been contended in these columns
that, by the construction of the Portland
and Ogdensburg railroad, opening a di-
rect connection with Ogdensburg on the j
St. Lawrence, Portland would cnjoy a
connection with the west shorter in the
aggregate than by any other route, which I
combines both land and water transport-1
ation, and the rail portion of the route j
being shorter and the waier portion long-,
ertnan by any other, the exponse of
transportation must be less than by any
other route between the lake ports and j
this city. From Montpelier to Portland
is iifty miles less than frcm the same
point to Boston. This would tive to
uui uiv .t ui.hjuiuu .iuwuiidL uut i
easily ovcrcoine.
It has been saidf however. by those
who are opposed to or have no faitii in j
inepropou iimu, ui:u, u uuin, ime
it would auswer a very good purpose for
summer, or during the season of open
uavigation of the lake?, for a winter
route it would be comparativcly worth
less. This objection is susccptible of
several auswer?, and upon it we propose
to state a few facts.
1. It does not follow, becau?e lake
uavigation closes, that winter transport
ation deruyes no benelit from such uavi
gation. During the season ot open uav
igation the grain, iljur and other non
porishable products of tlie west are sent
forward bv water craft mucli taster than
thc nulnad can lake them, so that 1 ; ' '
large accumulatious ot Kich products are j , luayKc 10
. c. , , , . . 1 , , 'show that he
ound on hand when tho lce c b?es thetsuu .
, ke acou.llul.lli()11 or
stir-
ipus ;s 5t0red in elevators and ware
liouses, at Ogden?bun Cipe Vincent,
Oswego. Rochester and othtr ports of
t nkc Ontario and tlie St. Lawrence
awaiting a forward liiovemcnt. All of
lllcse l,orts "fibute largely to the tlet
that navisatcs the lake?. Tliee vessels
, . - . t . r .
make it a point to come home fur the
wimer; and they iVariably come home
full. thu? grging tlie warehouses and all
i.lnnr.: .1 t-n I l.i lil.i Ii .1" J.ir.nf.i A 11 .l.i,-.i 1 ry
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at ugaensourg l.- now ocing con?iructeii
c v . . , ..
at a cot of e 100,000. to aca.mnio.late
a a
The rairoail cumpan;es havc thuir warc.
mpanio:
houses, the ditlereiit iines of ve.-?els have
theirs, private ind'niduals :il?o have
tl,eirs 50 lh:it lhe accommodations fijr
such storaire are very exten.-ive. and all
, , , . ,,"., .,
these comtine to make a va:t reeroir
up0I1 wi,ici, tie milro:i-Is dnuv for nvi-ht
long after thc siipphes ceaio to come lor
11 . .. r. .i l .t... .
ward bv water. It takes a loni: time.
often, to work down this accumulation.
which gives winter business to the roads.
and which having had the benelit of
cheap water caniage can bear the ex
pense of storago without niaking theex-
pense of transiiortation largcr than by
any all-rail route with frcedom from
tora''e.
2. A road depeuding upon a connec
tion at Schcncctady witli thc New York
Central for it winter supply of freight,
has no as?urance of receivini: n rin-.'Ie
at th(J yery tiine wh,.,;- all otfier
0urces of supply are cut oif: and for
this roason : the New York Centrtl is
run i:i the interest ot jscw lorkeit,
and when the canals are clo?ed the or-
der goes forth from hcadquartcrs to the
operators ot thc road, not to take a
pound of freight for Bolton or any other
point east, until all the freight bound to
New York i? first provided for ; and lhe
amount of this freight being aniply suffi
cient to exhaust the entire rolling stock
of the road, of cour.-e an etfectual check
!s Tinf iiTimi iiifrfli!iri1!.- linnnil pnsf
Tl.ia 5 nrunlv tl.. ovii ,,,,At 1,1,
Boston has cniane.1. and thc ni.l of the
Hartford and Liie road i
remedy it by opening a new route, en-! "K ' . 101 "eiaiu vas. m lUB
tirelv'independent of the New York ! I,RlctIC? ?f gying almost verbatim rc
Ceiural. The facts hcre stated are sufli- of lhc debtes ,n f1 s,lon- At
cicnttoshow thata road havir.g con-!lastlt came tobe understood that two
nection with an all-rail route to the ' nators were in the habit of furmshing
west is not therebv W of a winter ! 1 '? ports. On one occasion shrewd
fr:ight buiiness.
3. It may not be known to some of
our readers and yet such is the fact
that the construction of the Portland &
Ogdensburg road, opening a direct con
nection by
would witl
made or sure
al -rail route irom tlie west than any
other cither now made or in contempla-
i i, i !: iciiuiicio vii uiv; xviin. nei.uu uivi!"'"", ii, uim vt.i xvu uun.113 eic
iiiu witn liOUie s x oint, 1 1 t t 1 it 1 r. 1 11 r - - .
. Mti.n,. ,.r,,,ot;n- .iivn.wi,- :Pre5entJ anu 1 lia" ait a more lavor- inusauie to msist upon some conumons.
1 OWlv.1 COIlIltv.llOIlS (UL..Cl i , , . . Ppi . 11
to be made gne a horter ... TT.. , , Viiiti! Ar.n-v-r.iv I? 1? A nnm.
tion. Wc show thc lact by the follow- l'y""- -" v,
ing figures. which rcpresent miles : ccl,tl 5055,0,1 5e "0t qUltfe S0 w?1 r?"
frem lU,nd to W. Pctat, S33 P01 n0W " ktitr (0 Jlepub-
" Rome'a I'oint to VotleJani Jnnctior, t'3 l licCin.
Fottidam Jucctioa to Oiwego, 11"
" Oswego to Kocheeier,
39
479
From Portland to Rochester,
This is the leiurth of an all-rail route
from this city, via Conway, the White
Mountain " Notch," St. Johnsbury and
Montpelier to Rochester, N. Y. The
39 miles between Oswego and Rochester
is not yet open, but will be available for
usc by the time it can possibly be need
ed. This is the shortest route from this
city to Rochester. The next shortest
route would be that proposed by the
friends of the Portland and Rochester
road. The ligures for this route are as
follows :
From Portland to White T.iver Junction,
" White Pavcr Jnnction to Rutland,
" Rutland to Schenect idy,
41 Sche .ect-dv to Rochteier,
1W
55
90
21i
512
From Portland to Rochester,
This route contemplates the comple
tion of the P. & R. road to Rochester,
N. II., the fillin!? of fhe gap from Alton
Bay to Franklin, and the construction of
a road irom White River Junction to
Rutland.
To reach Rochester, N. Y., from this
city via Boston, involves thc following
distances : .
From Portlmd toBortoa, 112
" Boton to Eocheeter, iH
From Portlmd to Rochester, 511
Thus it will be seen that, with the
proposed roads completed and all gap3
filled, the distance from this city to
Rochester, N. Y. where the different
all-rail routes would unite in one is 62
miles lesa than by way of Boston, and 33
miles less than by the route contemplated
by the completion and connections of the
Portland & Rochester road.
Western Sympathy for the Port
land & Ogdensbnrg Railroad.
The Chicago Tribune the principal
paper of that city and one of the most
inlluential in the wholeNorthwest hav
ing copied entire a long article from the
Portland Press discriptive of the route of
the proposed Portland and Ogdensburg '
road, shows its approval of and sympa
thy for the enterprise m the following
editorial remarks:
New Route to the Atlaxtic. The
road is already completed from Ogdens
burg to Montpelier in Vermont, and a
company is extending it to the east line
of that state, leaving only that portion of
thc .proposed line in New Hampshire and
a poruun oi il iu iuainc iu ue proviueu
for. Bv this line the railwav transit will
be lifty miles shorter than between Mont
pelier and Boston. Small vessels now
run direct from the lakes to Burlington,
Vermont, and thencc it is claimed that
Portland is the nearest point by which
an Atlantic seaport can be reached by
raii. The grades are favorable, and with
a connccting line of steamers it is believ
ed in Portland that a verv lanre foreinn
tra(3e may be opene( from tie West. A
2rcat advantage to be gained by Chicago
fmporters is the rapid transfer of goods
ti!rolu:h the Portland Custom Ilouse, as
compJred with that of Boston and New
York.
Thce ciara5 x 5eem t0 be f
warrantcd by the surveys and thc facts
thus far developed m regard to the line
make the earlv oneninr of it a matter of 1
inut.u interest to Lhicairo merchants and !
shippers. We assure our New England
fricn(ls that thc 'est will furnish all the 1
i;ne5 0f transjt tney can opcn t0 the sea. I
board with all the business thcv can pos -
sibly do. With all that has been ac-
coniplished, our production and com-
merce are in their mtancy. Let Portland 1 each, cxcept Deganan, was doubtless in
therefore open this new line at the earli-' stantanejus. The bodies of the two oth
est day possible. ers, Quinn and Kennedy, were not re-
The Jrresiaent and the benate.
Tho. nrp.eidont 5s t1:h1 tn tnt riil nf tho
Senate and have done with the wretched .
i....-;c p.,,;ot;,., ffi .;fi.
thc certainty that they will be rejectcd. j
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a. ne . :u7 WT
fmcc,rc .1" thl5' ,l 111 1101 ""2. . JV5 1
reported bhi tVien,
the vacant iot utiices,
last decision, as
means to nrevent a sum- ,
mer ?pum ot l.oii!'re?a 11 he can il .-o.
Tiie fact that a immber of post offices,w,I WIIS about sixty -voari ol(J' hatibcen
wereleftvacant.it was thoudit bv some. , emPI,,ye'1 twonty-threo years. and Mi-
would result in a suniuier sesoion. The ,
president concludes to take the risk and . WIV0? au(l larSc ia'es. tne iormer ot
run them with tpecial agents for the'scven :in(1 the ,atter of s,s dMren.
present. He cannot require bouds of Jolm Qmnlcaves a witeand one 11'
ihfee agents, but he must take care who j Copture 0 illcblaTerriblc
he appomts to ilioin, tor it any one of, Slauyhtcr.
them plays the rogue it will be charged
that he appointed bad men without due( Thc following d.siription of the cap
examination. Tlie teiiure-ot-ullice act , ture of Puebla. Mexico, is taken from a
certainlv will have to be ainnr.iloil n.-xt
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wmter. 1-essenden and men ot that i
t ""
l.tanip I beheve wo.Ud h!
i lwaled altogother. I Iie
like to have it re- .
course ot Fes-
enden in the extra session of the Senate
w:l-i. exceedingly "cons rative." Ile the repubhc. Itich by inch and from
thoroughly di.-gusted the Chandlers and house to house was the city contended
suiuewhat alarmed the better cla of re- for : and, to hei.uhten the horrors of tlie
publican senators. I am told that he , day, after thc tiglit wa over, twenty-tive
ronerally voted for the president's nonii- J of the principal Imperialist otficera were
nees, and Chandler says lor a very good j shot in military execution, in cruel re
rcason, becai the president has renioved , veiige for tlie niurder cf General Artea
nune of his friends from otlice. The fact ga. il the many brave olliccrs whom the
doubtless true, but the relation of cause j reactionists shot, under the pretence of
and effect has nrobablv no foundation. . their bein? banditti.
The president naturally treated Fessenden j Uie asiault took place on the 2d inst.:
with courtesy, knowing him to be con-jGen. Diaz having tixed his batteries, de
servatie, and rather in a position of op- iniandol a surrender, which was refused
position to Sumncr on most question. jwith unusual arrogance. The liring be
So he left many of his personal friends in g;'"- aml w-hen a breach appeared pt ac
otlice. Now it is ridiculous to supposc , ticable, the sumnions was renewed. im-
that Mr. Fessenden voted gcnerallv to
mrfirm tlii. nrA51.,nfS ..nnun.fm.w' 1.
cause his own friends were cared for. He!
is not the man to bc atiected by such ,
consHierations, uut ne nas openiy avoweu ,
his belief that the president should be '
permitted to make appuintmcnts to oif.ee '
in tne recess. iie woull nrolnbit tlie
appointment of men once rejectcd by the ,
senate. Tliis is the ground he took dur-,
int: tlie debate in the senate upon the tcn-!
ure of otiice bill, and thc vicws he then
- - - '
expressed will explain his subequcnt
course in executive session.
Of course I speak of such things as '
rumorbringsus from thc senate when it 1
sat witn cioseu uooi-s. its secrcts at
t'"1 are not always very well kcpt,
but the' are bettcr kePl tha thY werc :i
I few
olu oenator L.oiiamer rose anu remarkeu
somcthing like the following: "Mr.
President, I desire to submit a few re
marks to the senate upon the important
subject now beforc us, but I observe the
nintentin,, in it3 Washington cor-
c .umnciuii toi
A Mysteiuous Mcrdeu. Robert
Young, a confectioner in Brooklyn, N.
! Y., left home on Monday noon to go
j over to New York, saying he should be
back to tea. Ile did not return, how
ever, and as he was a man of regular
habits his wife became alarmed and in
stituted inquiries in all directions, but
without avail. On Tuesday niorning he
was found holding by the railiug on the
stoop to his house, his clothes covered
with blood and almost insensible. On
removing him into the hdhse it was
found that his skull was fracturcd and
that several wounds had been inflicted on
his body, apparently by a sharp instru
ment. All inquiries as to what had
befallen him only elicited the words
"dock, dock," and on taking off his
boots they were found to be filled with
water. His pocket-book was gone aud
also a valuable pin, which he wore,
which facts leave little doubt tbat the
unfortunate man had been the victim of
robbery, attended with violence. He
died on Tuesday night.
Five Per sons Crushed to Death.
The Springfield Republican gives the
particulars of the catastrophe by which
five persons lost their lives on Wednesday
at the niarble quarry of M. A. & J. K.
Freedly, in "West Stockbridge. Il ap
peare that the quarry is close by WU
liams river, and the workmen were em
ployed on a vein of marble extending un
der the river, and which they had exca
vated to a point nearly beneath the river
bed, at a depth of seventy-five feet from
the surface :
"Along this vein the gang of fifteen la
borers commenced work as usual,
Wednesday niorning, but in circumstan
ces of extreme and unusual peril from the
overhanging mass of rock, on which the
warra rain and removal of the frost had
acted with powerful and uncertain effect
During the forenoon an occasional piece
of the rock crumbled and fcll from near
the surface, as if m warning ol what was
to follow, but the men continued'Jplieir
labors without heeding the indications.
At half past three o'clock in the after
noon, about five minutes beforc the dis
aster, quite a large piece of atonefell, and
fearing some accident was impending, the
foreman, Thomas Richardson, stepped
back a little from his workmen where he
conld command a full view of the face of
the rock overhanging him. The prccau
tion came to late, for in another instant
the whole mass, weighiug not less than
five hundred tons, looscned from its posi
tion and came crashing down upon the
helpless men. Mr. Richardson wasstruck
down where he stood, within three feet
of thc extreme limit of danger, and four
of his workmen, Patrick Tidiugs, Thomas
Deganan, Michael Ivennedy and John
Quinn, crushed beneath the monstrous
mass, which shattered and broke into a
thousand pieccs by the terriblo forcc of
the fail.
The nine uninjured men who escaped
bv beinc at work ncarer tho base of the
v;.jn anj further under llc Q imme.
diately procured asiistance to aid in re-
movingthe bodics of their dead comrades.
Mr. Richardon was bnried. excent his
hcad and shoulders. His body was ex
tricated after more than an hours hard
labor. and those of Tidings and Deganan
were removei w;ta ijtlie Jifficutlv. The
latter was breathimr when taken out
All tlie bodies were mauled and shat-
tcred in various ways, and tlie death of
. covercd until Thurstlav. John Noonan
was seriouslv injured bv the severe frac-
ture of a leg and arm, and remained for
POmc ,time imprtonetl under the rocks
out of sirht, and caHina forhelp. Ile
was reaclieil and removeu m about an
hotir and a half, and will probably re
cover. Of the men who were killcd,
, Mr- Richardson was alnjut fifty year? old,
'n,1(1 Lad bccn et"PIo.vcd m the quarry for
tour Jcar?- Ile loave? a W!,c a,ul one
? a wne aim one
latrick Tidings,
"-
chael Kemiedv thirteen. Both leave
11 1 . f r
llaana tetter :
.,,
'-Hornble was
.i. - ,i i.. ii. ii.
taken as it was bv asault. Over three
thousand dead bodies of vanquished and
victors was raised the triumphant llag of
munity was promised to the troops. and !
all the f:imili,!5 who had f:lil,-d In W !
the U..vn were permitted now to do so.
Another rcfusal, and then n fierce deter-
muiaujn on uoiii mucs 10 ngiu wiinoui
uivini: or lakiim quarter.
" During four ays there was a terrible
comoat. iwo assauiis were maue ana
rcpulsed. At length, on the 2d, several
columns of six hundred men each storm-
ed Puebla at ditferent points. General
Uiaz. at the hcad ot his best soldiers,
. . . . . ...
f. nnnl iiwlnio p..lmniw -mrl im.t.ir ,1,
tire of twentv nieces which defended tlir.hit unon the exoetlient of rivin!r a list of
. i i. i ,
nunparts, conimenced the :issault, which
was resisted at every trench, then inmatlcr. Thc list includal fifteen senatore
ecry sireei, anu irom nouse to nousc.
Inthecnconnterthebes eL'ershad9nnn
illed, and thc be.-iei;ed about 1000. ,
. ."oA,ir i-i c
nsoners amount to J000, while of;
- .
course the artillery and storcs are all thc list is not vouched for, but we ob-iaSlbcrtdi:oaila1acJ. rca4.7VWr
captured. In the principal square of the, scrvc that the 0 Vtions appear to a.,, " ,
citv was arravcd a force of -100 men un-, , 1. . . . . , " AjriTt-aiaTsri5iriichtj
dor General Febronio Quijano, who,
with all his command, resisted to death,
none escaping. Another part of lhe gar
rison contrivcd to retroat to the range of
hills of Gaudalupe and Loreto, which
command the city. and these saved their
lives by a capitulation. The Command-
er-in-Chicf, Noriega, the second in com
pondent of the Journal communicates the
1 1
followinn
Concord, N. II., April 2S. It isnow
considered to be practically scttled that
the White Mountain Railroad will soon
be extci.ded from Littleton to Laucaster,
and afterward to Northuinberland, to
connect with the Graud Trunk. Tlie
people of thc towns along the proposed
route are taking prompt raeasures to se
cure means to cam' forward the work.
At a large meetin'i of the citizens of
Whitefield, held yesterday, it was voted
to raise for a contribution towards the
enterprise a sum cquivalent to five per
cent. upon the present valuation of that
town. Other places in that section of
the State are resolved not to be behind
Whitefield in giving aid to sq important
a public undertaking.
P- & O. IUiliioad. We have seen a
letter reccived in this city yesterday from
a gentleman in Chicago, whose authority
and influence upon all questions relating
to railways, canals, &c, is not second to
any man in the "West, in which he ex
presses the greatest interest in thescheme
of which the Portland and Ogdensburg
railroad is a part, and in which he says
"ttis road should be opened as soon as possi
ble." Portland Press.
PnopnECT of Sexator Wilsox'
FiTTniiF.n. ! nredict said Senator'ton iUitntch sars that the counselof Jeff.
Wilson, speaking to the negroes in the Davis wm demand that his trial pixceed .Si. -District
of Columbia, July 4, 1SG4, "I. . . , g D- j .wia.toto
around, you will be allowed to vote, and
right here in Washington, too." Wash-1
ington did'nt pin its faith to that proph-
ecy, bnt, on the contrary, laughed it to prot,abh- rcply that theprisoner is not
fT 7yT' C?tfDrvU"ithinite
lach. Thev won't call vou 'nicgcrs
r j j .
ocratic ticket." There was a good deal
of chuckling over that last shot, and not
simpiy among tnc macKS, euuer. ocarce-
ly more than half the time named byMr.
Wilson has passed, and the negro stands
in the District with the ballot, and he is
no morespoken of as :nigger," but,rath-
"Thia the whirlm-of time brimrs in his '
revenges," and thus the dreams and hopes
of men ripen and become a part of the
world's history.
Horse Thie-es Shot. A Chicago
dispatch says two horse tbieves Wil-
liam Neff ol Iexington, Ky., snd James
Crosby of Cape Giardeau, Mo., were
captured for stealing horses in Fremont
county, Iowa, a few days since. and tak
en to McKissack's Grove. A public
meeting was called, and after deliberat-
ina they were ordered to choose between
death by hanging or shooting. They
chose thc latter, and accordingly they
were shot by twelve men with revolvers.
Over two hundred horses belonging to
farmers have been stolen from that
county, hence the sure and sudden ven-
ordfinnn nn tlnorM vhfn mnf1it.
Tiie Stafk of Like. The question
seeras about to be presented to the Amer
ican people whether their substance shall
be eaten out by monopolizers of the stalf
of life, or arise in their niight and crush
them. It is an outrage that in a land of
illimitable production, flour should be
dearer than any where else on the globe.
There is a bare possibility that the pres
ent price offiouris caused by scarcity.
but the probabilities are all the other
way. No riots are so justifiable as
bread riots. Statc&nan.
niram Fuller, formerly of the New
York press, aud a letter writer over the
signature of "Belle Britain," is in prison
at London for debt. Ile was a cheap
manufacturer of public opinion for the
south during the rebellion, and the jail
is thc natural result of the mean way he
did his work.
Barnum, in retaliation for the attacks
of tlie New York Herald. has ordered a
number of wax " liggers " roprcseuting
various scenes in the life of James Gor
don Bennett, particularly the one where
he was cowhided for slander.
One singular fact in connection with
the death of President Lincoln is, that j
no coroner's inquest was ever held on his
body ; no legal evidence taken as to the
manner of his death. nor was a single
person, accused of connection with it,
ever brought into a court of law : nor is
! there to this dav anv lej;d teMiraonv
whatever as to the manner of his death,
the cause of it, or who killed him.
Gen. Grant is said to bc decidedlv
against the Russian purchasc. Ile thinks .
the price too great, that we are not iu I
a financial candition to make any need
less purchases just now, aud tliat we
tts, advises the democrats to "kcet
out of sight" during the next canvass in
that state. The counsel was unnecessa
ry. That is just what they have been in
the habit of doinsr.
Ira 0. Miller. a "raduate of the I"ni-
" ' ' - ,
b" l,0V- OlltOll, 011C Ot tllC
vcrsity of ermont, has been appointed
tax COmmis-
sioners of New York City-a nry n -
crative position. If wc niistnke not,
r. Miller was principal of Lvndonj
, ;
, CnJ J0'
uiic uuub iwv xorh. papers, uuuer-
i taking to give a list of those mcnibers of .
J tjic leuislaUire of that state who are sus-1
t - ' H
I l It I I 1 1 Z II I l I 1 1 1 ' I I I I' I II I II I II' 1 I I I I II l I T l I
. 1
I beitlS appalleil at tlie lenstll of thc list.
. . . T "
the honest mcnibers. I his was an easv
i . . A. . , . , ,
"Ul "l
mbly-men out of one huudred and
. a 1 ti - -
twenty-eisht. Ihe precise accuracv of
be acccpted as sufficicntly near the uiark.
Much strcss has been laid upon the '
large number of clergynien who have ad- j
vocated a licensc law, but Rev. Edward )
Otteman, of the State Tenipcrance Uli-1
ance, testitied belore the legislative com- j
mittee that, in response to a circular of j
inquirj' addressed to all the clergy oi Mas- i
sachusetts, 952 declared for prohibition, J
56 for licensc, and 7 werc-Jin doubt. Of the
50 for liccnse, 25 are Eoman Catholics,
L-i Unitanans, and Jbpiscopalians. Ot
theOrthodoxProtcstant and Univcrsal -
ist pastors, not one in fifty favors licensc.
Meijvxcholy Case.
Aue rlsllKm
Standard states tbat the oldest daughter
of G. B. Beebe, editor of the Bauner of
Liberty, committed suicide on S:tturday,
by shooting herself with a pistol. She '
had been engaged to be married to a
young man, but her father placed her in j
a lunatic asyluni to break up the match. j
Tiie ofTicers of the asylum, finding she
wna lint ?na.inf. 1ft Lr nn linnin Klia '
was to take charge of a school on Mon-
day, but learning of thc marriage of the
gentleman to whom she had been en
gaged, deliberatcly shot herself.
A California paper believes that thirty
years hence there will be as much trade
and ship building on Puget Sound as in
thc state of Maine. Another argument
for the rapid completion of the Montpe
lier and Sl Johusbury railroad, as Puget
is to be the Western tenninus, when the
connections are all made.
have plcnty of baroanans to manage jt m&. a - h 5 ;i
without takingin any morc. Ptvw " 3 il 5-
The New York "World, anticipating a "Bts$&W& ' Sxf-charHyV-.,' n:'zm i- jjnfjnvs J-
break in the republican party of Massa- '"Spv A'ji M " Turis, ha toov e,-
Jeff. Das' Tkiai- A "WasLing-
tnct courf, Tvmch mee at lltclimond on
Monday next,"or that he be released from
confiuemcnt To this the court irill
ry custody. An appcal direct to the?
-
prooably result in the release of Davison
. f .
Every policeman in Chicago carries
with him pieces of boiled betf propared
with nux vomica. unon which he regales
the dogs which he happens to meet. j
I C -1 1- -r 4l.l rt.T-r linral
aome uiousanua m ,
shuffled oB their mortal coil under this
recimen. and still the good work proceeds.
It is said some doirs in this villace have
died mysteriously of late, though there
still seems to be about the usual number (
of worthless curs about the strects.
t
The Rochester Democrat ( Republican)
has put General Grant's name under itsj
editorial hcad as its caudidate for Presi-(
dent. The New York Tribune corres-'
pondent puts forth a feeler for Chief Jus
tice Chase. 1
John R. Elvans. a Wasliington mer
chant, has paid $52,000 for a large farm
just outside of the city which he will di-1
vide up into lots of from one to five
acres to be sold to the freedmen. Tlie
proceeds of all such sales are to be devot-
ed to educational institutions for the ed-
ucition of colored yout
an caraest republican.
ucition ot colored youth. 31r. .l-aus is
THE BEST FETILIZER. '
iVinlfl-'iniijthsbcftfertinzfryttdifCSTertJ to i
Iiisure a Good Crop,
On a bfiatf nsii. The CiLtixM.iNrircnlite lrIr
ia Calciloali, 1 s-ci .snd Oiteii! cwini t. Tenas u
Advcrifiiir civcn ca 5rt colcma cf r- rire. I
Circu arf, Cvd, BiU Hcadj. Atjctisa B2U, t.
prictcd ia good s rW, at the
Caledonian Ofnce.
CALEDONIA COUNTY
MARBLE "W ORKS!
WV ti. usda-rtsred
itiadon
jti- IL Tt. STSEET,
ISt.Johnsbury.Yt.
-1
Where ciihe f3da
Foreign and American Mafble.
Tho?c is -vir: tf
MONUMENTS OR HEAD STONES,
Wcald do xrtll to pivf n a call. A? ecr prlctf are lstr
ai all ork vur:t l to iti-i;c'iir.
IJItYA.NT Sc TAI'LIX.
BLANKS FOR SALE.
Deportment Cards, 20 cis. per Dozen.
Teachers Licenses, 20 cts. per Oozen.
Marriage Certincates, 25 cts. per Dozen.
Tax Bills, Sl.00 per Hundred.
Receipts. 50 cts. per Hundred.
IF" Stxt i.i ifl cz rec ipt o: priee.
C. M. 5T0XE b. CO.
W. A. WOOD'S
IMPROVED JOINTED BAR
Mowing and Reaping Machines
Hai-ve.-t of 1S67.
The isrectcr ha socht :o rutc reci ixprirrifrt?
, m nd b pentcJ thea that thcr ai ,
, tmther alrraj.
rorlichta-;? l dn-h rcrf.rtf cf r'rt aad
i
. at"Ti ftiuiSdlcsdte Pissr--
"J0 iJlt-Ha?i
- J. 31. UAR.VEIt SO. :
S-SS '
j. m. .
HARNESSES.
OPPOSITIOS TO lUEWlDE. W1I E WORLD
The m.IfTriS d woatd r f;ct:a!3r aocr t,
r..VMJ- V. . iil W - VW. .. i I .rTV4.u.
tu coscot f :a:rry . d br w. t. uire. a tas:-
Av.noi.St J.h- Lsr?. Vt. ira.rf tt inidl lr'
fm-y.jS the ar h -enira-t-;, ai.d a-riaar ac-
as!-rfnldIiVetaai5Vchi''accoiintare, -rd cetai
coi hxctat ajn ihatdeScaa xit:tila:
drfiflu?
, iiooVf t :coai. fe, tcgsj.aat tru:E crfiarf, ii-.
: iui-sbrij:e,'tji'iaad haae
laatenmhinciatlusUref - f trjJe.
aei!iip,ciiiiis:aod mxiinas d
tTija, turcin5l.
dcae ca thar
1. S. Ueacniber mr old aioco, Eivcr to be mjierwld.
AGAIN IN THE FIELD!
Nev Clothing Store!!
ix raox eloci:, st. jouxsurav, txemoxt.
B - B . CLARK,
NEW STORE ! NEW GOODS
' EvcijbodrifiaTitedtociii d ciamia th '
,,Txk tf J
'
. Q.ENTS' FURXISIITN'G GOODS,
1
I.u.w . . w iu. i ia . it. i
s3baTthtraCnu.I''. wiUdo wdltocallaadcxalae j
Look and see for Yourself. '
NEW Fiail!
The nNcriVn Lare
thi dij fia;ed cc
Hartuerihiji under the
ttjlecf
S-Horton & Gale.
"Where they tatend
carrjingonxhe
MerCliailt Tailorillg BllSilieSS,
In aH it" branchrf, conitlng of
READY MADE CLOTHING,
Gents' Furnishing Goods,
IT A T S AND C A P S ,
Trunks and Yalises, TraTclIing Bags,
FISHTXG TACKLE OF ALL KTXDS.
Walldng Canes, Umhrellas, &c
C7 A thare of the pclXc patrozae ii rclidtol.
Riflroid Street, St Jthiibcrr, Vt.
W. H. HORTOX. J. ?f. GALE.
0. C. BOLTON. ART1ST,
new store:
NEW goods:
j
- o.
K. & C.
STORE ON HAlLIiOAD STTJ jt
. iBors J'AKcarac iibc-
the jmUic
GREAT BARGAINS,
A pooi aieartndtcl
DOMESTIC DRY GOODS
Sttecttd -vrith great csxe tnd LocgU st tbt
lKwest Caslt Priees!
Alsa, k cood TSiictT sf
BEAJJY ilADE CLOTHING,
ef rnperior
STYLE AND FIN1M3
AT
"Wliolcsalo antl Jletall :
All cf wblch ffflbesold fer CASH at a tl air
frurj cwt.
Tleise cJl &sd czaalne rtock aad pricw ssd trt
trv aad niie it for yoci istcrctt to Vor of ss.
r7 Chm.i.m -,m js... iv, . t-
, Es&ruai srnt. x.- vj
GOOD BAZGAIXS.
VTeare rcctMrc
New Goods and New Styles eTerj
REPLY
j0 tisttacn of the n.eafirialif t ecilioiit ii. -
lvc ruo-ire ef Hs lacellcv GoTtmrT Dilli
liiai.tu ihr IcgitUtre of Vtrmeai, m tsthe r
charc4 fer fit-icU sd3 jiifmiif r- by jbr n
ttaloca fr Tiri ct d tt -atr- miit Cn.' r
i I'-frtaapdc, Vcnacst C-rrtnl, Iltlaa-d x
Bact-n. I:ea--tltr i Sri:pt. asd Irpy i L -r
isioad'.
s li ExctBfrrr ilf Govcrsar. hi ld
!ldtoth lcp-litare, at It lite t-xtm tj t
iriu. nide frtau th pn: ted tan? nrct itl- -
conj?i;e, aw iiii iat; i-ca luve wa fzz.
ttated.
Tiw late cta-fcd bj the llesf ?eler -t Sarston i
Try IV-fw rnad' hve a' l-en chsarrd irif r -iirt'tx
s yr, mth the ercrjtiai cf r-, N-
I ty at.1 Uutliad tfhlil irtxe rdjccd to r -aadr:.w
"pvisl dur r- t! J-Tere cooip-i :
twea ilw II t S. a: d T ic It. rcad. f.ir a.V T .
rjeuiit iu ir-t" Whis tlis cesyeu5ca o v
. idrit.f tr.rc cstotod. ltiBl a ti.T. -i
chrCdtjy the li'xwlier & artec aai Trrj . s -Si-a
r racch the lvrtrcft, szi thoer cf Vtssn r: t. rr
areth Luieft.
1 ! rst rftie Troy n.-ncaaad l!(tac - -voci
-uids rsE!.t bc p-rea far 1m rclcs, f ti
tarce iroa Kalacd t Trer is !rr 5.
H. 34ACY.
Gesenl Frticht Act, Kci. &;ir 11 i
fizir.hdfnmi Vl&e ISwrJxitftiri.
As rfres ia thfi rrciht TiriS, xrlichtt cS-.-r. I
"rsarr 1ft, 3ST.
To
Zi Z3 73
. Fa.rlr.
Wa l&rrz.
St. J' is-bcry,
W'M ltar'e."
llinta Lud.'s;,
Sa ?4 :t i :
a - zst ii i: ; ;
ri - 41 Si r2 js
77 - M 5: -
;-o - w is ;i ija-.
il2'rii2 Jrw.-TOT OraJral Hz3nc: '
As prra ia thtir Ft!-ht Tari5 -Bhith tcci c"7 v
To
1UM
To
r5 2"
Givet:. 19 i 1-; 14 11 :s
Eirt Waliiasford 40 Si i S 1? 16 ii
EaierUadFia, 5 4 23 19 17 ei -
SalV-srr, 45 ?4 ffi 2i 25.:
Vtrrrcair, $ M in 2 14 5 i3 .-'
To
i Mfchsaicsrjlle,
Srt:ci.
Sailth Raaa.
WfcitrhjB Latt
1? little 12 M S 3"
3S Cl IG IS !" j
C3 " 54 2 3 :
7J - -.5 2 ZC
1 3? 1S5-2S-
nsdal.
PHcteifhfTr$.rnttii:trjidaf-4-
i.'oSrnv?n Trw na Kadc tttiSg,
lr7!
To
41 aule 25 3 17V 5. -
- 3-25 17v ij :-
xt effect April 3. 1SS5
To
j Siaftfbcry,
ia "
- s s
49 ralta 22 17 3-Sl.:
53 3; e. i;3.21" -S5
4 2? :7 1-2 3
Recapitulation.
F1XIGHT.
i
3 J -i
35 17 13 11
il 23 S' 2i2-5 2
5 3fl 2.4i r.'-, :i '
3 1-2 25S 22
4T.S 23 i-T. 1-
1'ASSENGERS.
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FIRST PREMtUM
VOr a SlUfr Mcdal
mswasD:) A
. BfiaRLTTS HMR REST0RMIVE V
Bft St the X IL 5uie Amecltml S.iir. st
iii Fiir, holiea sa atis. Scji 31
BABKETT'S
Tcgetable ITalr Rcstoratlre
lirirrt Cry lltir to it yt3ial CWor- T.
IMSct the roti tf thc Umir. c-- -
JwSSjthoTT)ririasl rrBie czim o a
Jk nu lmiraS anl 11mm; j-n-r. '-
Uiir aains out ;5ajvT)ot I-i-
. . .i. zu 2ji Tnrai
ahle anirlt? tttrmirbmit tc
T Iju Wrrf. North, li i T
OTO
J. R. BARRETT & CO- Propriftor.
mTnrTnt v il
For nle ia St. Johsatojby-J.CHf"